Patents by Inventor Hans U. Baumann

Hans U. Baumann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5497677
    Abstract: An accelerator pedal device for a motor vehicle is provided with a pedal plate which is swivellably disposed on a pedal holding device in the form of a housing, and an adjusting device is connected with the pedal plate. The pedal holding device consists of an oblong housing comprising two half shells in which components of the adjusting device are held on bearing points molded on to the interior side. On the exterior side of the half shells, transversely extending catch hook strips are arranged, and, on a lower surface of the half shells facing the vehicle body, molded-on common centering domes are provided for the fastening and fixing of the position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Hans U. Baumann, Carsten-Joerg Mertens
  • Patent number: 5038907
    Abstract: An operating boosting device for a clutch of a motor vehicle having a pedal under the influence of a prestressed boosting tension spring, which has one end pivotably connected to a fixed point on the vehicle and another end pivotally connected to a pressure rod, which is connected to a lever arm of the pedal at a bearing point. The tension rod exercises a restoring force which holds the pedal in a clutch engaged position and when the clutch is operated and after a dead-center position of the pressure rod is exceeded, applies a force which assists a force of the driver's foot in disengaging the clutch. The pressure rod is pivotably held at the bearing point of the lever arm during each pedal position. The force of the boosting tension spring, in each pedal position, is applied along an action line that extends through the fixed point of the tension spring on the vehicle and through the bearing point of the pressure rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Dr. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Hans U. Baumann